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ahmad:8572ʿAffān > Hammām > Muḥammad b. Wāsiʿ > a man Yuqāl Lah Maʿrūfʿan Abū Hurayrah > Awṣānī Khalīlī ﷺ

[Machine] "That I do not sleep except on a single occasion."  

أحمد:٨٥٧٢حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَاسِعٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ مَعْرُوفٌعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي ﷺ

أَنْ لَا أَنَامَ إِلَّا عَلَى وَتْرٍ  


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